City wants more data on plans to tear down tower

The Cleveland City Planning Commission needs more information before it decides whether to give Cuyahoga County a permit to tear down the historic Ameritrust tower at East 9th Street and Euclid Ave.

The commission voted 4-3 Friday against a motion from member Norman Krumholz to deny the permit.

Commissioners want to raze the tower to make way for a new county government administration complex.

The commission wants more detail on issues, including: savings realized in restoring the building, rather than building new; the availability of federal and state historic tax credits; floor-to-ceiling heights in a restored tower; and how the historic rotunda will be used in the new complex, which is projected to cost $150 million.

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